Fri. 12/28/12 9:18am
Uncle Michael:
A close friend of mine and his brother once made it onto national television during a college football game...on the sidelines, flipping coins for a kick in the ass. I wonder if there are many songs about that pastime.

Fri. 12/28/12 9:45am
ndbob:
@Doug Have you heard from Owl at all since the demise of HW?

Fri. 12/28/12 9:47am
Andy S.:
This monks music is what Ken Freedman must have meant when he once told me: "Andy, you're not supposed to be able to listen to WFMU all the time."

Fri. 12/28/12 9:47am
Hügo:
This sounds like the thing - a tibetan ceremonial trumpet - we have hanging from the ceiling downstairs. We had to call in someone skilled from playing in a brass band to get a sound out of it. Our neigbour called and wondered what was going on.

http://bit.ly/UxT0sD

Fri. 12/28/12 9:51am
Doug Schulkind:
@ndbob
I have in fact heard much from Owl in the intervening months — and it has been, shall I say, a challenging interaction. Not much more I can say. I have the highest esteem for his musical senses and sensibilities.

Fri. 12/28/12 10:17am
Matt from Springfield:
It's easy to forget how many covered "Hey Jude" when it was first out, it was in demand among singers.

Similarly with another genre, "Wichita Lineman" had so many covers around the same time (DOUG: any FOREIGN language versions of "Wichita Lineman" you know about?? :)

Fri. 12/28/12 10:18am
ndbob:
I think that a good idea for an hour show would be - bizarre cover versions

Fri. 12/28/12 10:19am
Doug Schulkind:
@Matt from Springfield
Something in the back of my head says YES. Gotta get my intern to investigate (the back of my head)

Fri. 12/28/12 10:22am
Matt from Springfield:
@Doug: The research team is on it! Thanks!

@NDBob: Yes! Not necessarily "incorrect music" cover versions, but in unusual or different styles from the originals.

Fri. 12/28/12 10:22am
Doug Schulkind:
@ndbob
Most of my earliest WFMU marathon premiums were exactly that — collections of odd and lovely cover songs. "Cover Your Ears," "Run for Cover," Cover Your Tracks," "Pull Off the Covers" were just a few of the titles. This was back when all of WFMU's marathon premiums were still on cassette.

Yes, I am that old.

Fri. 12/28/12 10:24am
Uncle Michael:
I've done a show along those lines.

Fri. 12/28/12 10:46am
Matt from Springfield:
Great singer, that John C. Reilly! A composer as well, long before "Walk Hard" he wrote the terrible 80s songs performed by his co-star Mark Wahlberg in "Boogie Nights".

Fri. 12/28/12 10:47am
Matt from Springfield:
@Doug: GTDR may not always keep it clean, but at a minimum we can keep it sanitary.

Fri. 12/28/12 10:49am
Doug Schulkind:
Antibacterial ear wipes are made available at the end of every program.

Fri. 12/28/12 10:58am
Hügo:
He had a regular show some years back. Top notch! Kiddies, kiddies ...

Fri. 12/28/12 10:59am
Holly in NC:
Morning, Doug and friends! Can't listen now, but this show will definitely soundtrack my late evening.
Which reminds me - those of us for whom listening is often dependent on fancy phones need to let station mgr Ken know that we'd LOVE the ability to access GTDS stream archives on our mobile devices of choice! I weep in frustration on a daily basis ;-)

Fri. 12/28/12 11:01am
Uncle Michael:
@Doug. That's weird for two reasons. First, there's another Mike Newman on local radio in my town...on a country station. Second, the honcho at Viva Radio where I do a voice tracked show is a DJ on EVR and he's never mentioned that to me.

Fri. 12/28/12 11:01am
Doug Schulkind:
@Holly in NC
Ken considers is a top priority to make sure that the next version of the mobile app for WFMU includes the ability to access archived shows from the various streams.

But it DOESN'T HURT to let him know you want it!

Fri. 12/28/12 11:02am
Uncle Michael:
Can you mention to Ken that we're all fucking sick of doing math?

Fri. 12/28/12 11:06am
Hügo:
Well, at least we're not asked to do equations.

Fri. 12/28/12 11:08am
Matt from Springfield:
Wiki duly formatted for Jayne Cortez - once married to Ornette Coleman, and mother to Denardo, I just learned. Once again someone just added the date of death but didn't properly categorize; justice is now done to Ms. Cortez's most accessible short biography.

Fri. 12/28/12 11:09am
Holly in NC:
Oooh! I've gotten 666 at least twice!
Has anyone else had the misfortune of having to type in friggin' ad copy @ Mediafire? For example, the captcha may be along the lines of "who will deliver your packages on time"? and you have to type "federal express" (or ups, or whoever is 'sponsoring the captcha). Makes me ill.

Fri. 12/28/12 11:10am
Matt from Springfield:
@UM: I think that was under discussion at some point - it's not scheduled, but whenever Kenzo next overhauls the comment board system, that's apparently one of the features he wants to incorporate.

Fri. 12/28/12 11:14am
kat330:
Howdy, Matthyou! First intersection in many a day (though I've seen you on archive lists).

Fri. 12/28/12 11:15am
trlsh:
Hi Matt. My favourite cartoon evokateur.

Fri. 12/28/12 11:16am
Matt from Springfield:
@UM: I totally agree, I think program styling should correspond to its functions and not clutter with excess graphics or features (I always like the classic Winamp view). I would hope they keep the simple (and unique) stylings of the playlists, but an option for registered listeners to sign in would be convenient.

Fri. 12/28/12 11:16am
kat330:
I'd love to have a math bypass, and Holly, I get that "666" WAY beyond mathematical odds. Something's up with that. I've learned to "edit comment" to get a 666 bypass. :)

Fri. 12/28/12 11:17am
ndbob:
Hi Kat!

Fri. 12/28/12 11:17am
kat330:
[and that was posted on a 663 sum! TOO many sums in the 600's to make sense, Kenzo! ]

Fri. 12/28/12 11:18am
Matt from Springfield:
Howdy kat! From this time last week (except for Surface Noise Sat night) I've only checked in briefly to shows, so back to full form!

I've checked out Archives myself--love that accent on Honey U. Kettlewater, cool that you got a mention from that esteemed Floridian! ;)

Fri. 12/28/12 11:19am
Uncle Michael:
Thankfully, I've never had to carry the one. I leave that to James Brown.

Fri. 12/28/12 11:20am
Matt from Springfield:
"666 bypass", now why would you want to do that?!
(I like when it comes up for particular shows and songs).

Fri. 12/28/12 11:20am
Holly in NC:
@Kat -

In my past life in retail, I loved watching folks' varying reactions to register ringing $6.66. Most didn't care, but some would add to purchase, some would remove from purchase, and 1 lady ran shrieking out of store, never to return (my fave) ;-)

Fri. 12/28/12 11:20am
kat330:
@Matt: What did you think of Philo's "accent"? :)

Fri. 12/28/12 11:20am
Van in DC:
And I almost wore my new trombone t-shirt to work today.

Fri. 12/28/12 11:22am
kat330:
@Holly: Hahaha! That's rich! Well, if that sum didn't come up so GD often, I wouldn't bother with the edit bypass. But now it's become a sort of act of defiance for me. Against whom? I dunno -- Kenzo? :)

Fri. 12/28/12 11:23am
Matt from Springfield:
@kat: Mr. Gristlecorn sounds like he might run a bar down there :)

@Van: If you wear that shirt, you should also blare this piece for the whole office to hear!

Fri. 12/28/12 11:24am
Doug Schulkind:
@Holly in NC
Depends on what you were selling. One imagines salvation costing at least $6.67.

Fri. 12/28/12 11:24am
listener james from westwood:
greetin's to the 11:00 shift!
my childhood phone number began in 666. also, my freshman year p.o. box at college. never got the devil's mail by accident, sadly.

Fri. 12/28/12 11:24am
Hügo:
If anyone would like a digital copy of "Maine", you can get it from here (in lossless flac):

http://bit.ly/VbrD4W

Fri. 12/28/12 11:25am
Matt from Springfield:
@Holly: Never happened to me as a grocery store cashier, but there was a certain chicken meal at Roy Rogers a couple years ago that, after taxes and all, wound up as $6.66! Of course that "problem" is usually solved by rising prices...!

Fri. 12/28/12 11:25am
kat330:
@UM: Yes, guess that's true.

@MfS: That voice he uses when he wants to pester me is some sort of hybrid of Satchmo and Tom Waits.

Fri. 12/28/12 11:25am
Holly in NC:
Uncle Michael - My phone # includes '666' in sequence. Many folks have advised me to change my phone number, but I refuse. I suspect that decision may cost me some business on occasion, but c'est la vie.

Fri. 12/28/12 11:25am
kat330:
Arkansas Traveler and Dixie? That's what he loves about the south.

Fri. 12/28/12 11:26am
kat330:
Hi, James!

Fri. 12/28/12 11:26am
Van in DC:
THANKS Hugo! Hopefully I can get to that link from home tonight! :)

Fri. 12/28/12 11:26am
ndbob:
@kat nope - I do look out the window and see snowmobiles at times tho

Fri. 12/28/12 11:27am
Uncle Michael:
Phil Harris is what I love about the south.

Fri. 12/28/12 11:28am
Holly in NC:
I cannot wait to listen to this show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yay, Doug!
BTW might I just say that Doug has THE best musical "sense & sensibility" out there, as well as the biggest & kindest heart. xo

Fri. 12/28/12 11:28am
Matt from Springfield:
Thank you Hugo!! This was one of my fave jazz pieces from GTDS this year.

@kat: I have a friend of Finnish ancestry, who does a similar voice. Then again this is a silly-fellow Python watcher friend, who does many voices! :)

Fri. 12/28/12 11:28am
kat330:
@UM We'll soon be having black-eyed peas as sweet as you please -- and cabbage -- as New Year's good luck eats.

Fri. 12/28/12 11:29am
Doug Schulkind:
I talked on the phone not too terribly long ago with a fellow working for a record label (Sunnyside) that has released some fairly recent Roswell Rudd recordings. He had never heard of "Maine."

Fri. 12/28/12 11:31am
Hügo:
I have a feeling that "Maine" will be among the contenders for best track of the 2012 playlists, but we will have to wait and see for that.

Fri. 12/28/12 11:33am
Van in DC:
I hope my cow-orkers enjoyed that as much as I did bwaaa ha ha :)

Fri. 12/28/12 11:33am
Matt from Springfield:
@kat: And make sure there's pork in there too! It's the commonality between German (pork and sauerkraut) and Southern (black eyed peas and pork) New Years traditions.

Fri. 12/28/12 11:33am
kat330:
@Holly: I hadn't heard about collards being NY's luck food. But probably both cabbage and collards might be gilding the lily. One year I actually boiled a dime with the cabbage per some "good luck" tradition.

Fri. 12/28/12 11:35am
Doug Schulkind:
@Hügo
Not sure I'm up for selecting a "Best Track of 2012." Just picking one song from each playlist was painful enough. And besides, if I'd prepared today's show a few hours later, I might have come up with completely different selections.

Fri. 12/28/12 11:36am
Doug Schulkind:
Anyone else lose the stream? (I'm always the last to know.) The connection has been constant on this end.

Fri. 12/28/12 11:36am
kat330:
Yes, it IS time for the lunch parade of food porn. I'll be having a turkey sandwich (from Tuesday's roast Christmas turkey), with a side of black beans I pressurized yesterday.

Fri. 12/28/12 11:38am
monica:
beautiful image today, doug! works particularly well with the rest of the playlist and the tunes.

Fri. 12/28/12 11:40am
Holly in NC:
@Kat - collards a southern thing. Being of German heritage & currently in the South, I endorse pork in everything ;-) (Sorry, Lincoln and everyone else whose beliefs prohibit eating of the swine)

Weird German-American holiday tradition - the hiding of the pickle on the Xmas tree (& no, that's not code for sex play!)

Fri. 12/28/12 11:44am
kat330:
@Holly: Oh, yeah, I know of the hiding the pickle game. :) I'm about 50% German, so I had pork in most everything growing up. I do not care for ham, but I roast a mean pork tenderloin (with my special rub involving mucho ingredientes).

Fri. 12/28/12 11:45am
Doug Schulkind:
Gotta do the hoppin' john and greens for New Year's Day. Gotta.

Fri. 12/28/12 11:45am
Brian in UK:
Hopeful New Year everone.

Fri. 12/28/12 11:45am
kat330:
Happy Birthday Tardy Party, Monica!

Fri. 12/28/12 11:45am
Uncle Michael:
Happy birthday, Monica.

Fri. 12/28/12 11:46am
Matt from Springfield:
Get Organ-ized for the New Year!

Fri. 12/28/12 11:46am
kat330:
May we be Ever One! Happy New Year to you, Brian!

Fri. 12/28/12 11:46am
Matt from Springfield:
Hello there Brian!

Fri. 12/28/12 11:48am
Brian in UK:
Hey Matt, is it right I heard Fontella has passed?

Fri. 12/28/12 11:49am
Carmichael:
Yes Brian, Fontella Bass passed away in the last day or 2.

Fri. 12/28/12 11:50am
kat330:
I imagine it's been done -- perhaps many times over -- but I think it'd be a hoot to record under foreign artist names and track titles that, when innocently sounded out phonetically by the DJ, it says rude stuff like: "That was Dizhay and Wadan Esyuar."

Fri. 12/28/12 11:50am
kat330:
"Rescue Me" -- Soooooo fine!

Fri. 12/28/12 11:51am
Hügo:
Happy birthday, Monica and all the best to the dog!

Fri. 12/28/12 11:52am
Holly in NC:
Very first thing I thought of when heard of Fontella's passing was Doug's stupendous rendition of "Theme de YoYo". Really. Still available over on BOTB

Fri. 12/28/12 11:52am
Hügo:
And greetz from the two cats in the house :-)

Fri. 12/28/12 11:54am
Doug Schulkind:
One time ages ago I was playing Fontella Bass w/the Art Ensemble of Chicago singing "Theme De Yoyo." A few minutes in, the studio phone rang and it was Station Manager Ken worried that he heard a curse in the lyric. I assured him it wasn't a curse, then spent many hours after the show trying to dig up the actual lyrics as proof. Not so easy. Ultimately, I emailed Fontella Bass to ask her, but never got a response. I did however get an email from the author of the poem used in the song.

Fri. 12/28/12 11:58am
listener james from westwood:
thanks, kat! 2012 was nightmarish in a number of ways for me, but it was great to have fmu and its fine djs and listeners to keep me grounded and smiling in musical bliss.

Fri. 12/28/12 11:58am
Hügo:
A classic:

http://bit.ly/WNvjLE

RIP.

Fri. 12/28/12 11:59am
ndbob:
excellent show Doug - and Happy new Year everyone!

Fri. 12/28/12 11:59am
Doug Schulkind:
I had to go back and check. It was "a long fart" not "fork" or "fuck." Once I found the lyrics, I realized I HAD to do "Theme De Yoyo" with Hoof 'n' Mouth Sinfonia.

Your head is like a yoyo,
your neck is like the string,
Your body's like a camembert
oozing from its skin.

Your fanny's like two sperm whales
floating down the Seine
Your voice is like a long fart
that's music to your brain.

Your eyes are two blind eagles
that kill what they can't see
Your hands are like two shovels
digging in me.

And your love is like an oil-well
Dig, dig, dig, dig it,
On the Champs-Elysees.